Dr Cassie Wilson
Senior Lecturer
Applied Biomechanics Suite 1.306
Email: c.wilson3@bath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 38 4536
Profile
Dr Cassie Wilson joined the University of Bath in 2008 as a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics. She studied a PhD at Loughborough University from 1999-2003 and was a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Sport Biomechanics at Cardiff Metropolitan University from 2003-2008. Cassie was Director of Studies for the BSc Sport and Exercise Science from 2008-2011 and is currently the Senior Tutor in the department for Health.
Cassie’s research focus falls into two main themes namely; optimisation of athletic performance and the understanding of movement coordination and its associated variability. Elite athletes compete at or close to the limits of human performance and Cassie’s research focuses on improving understanding of athletic-based activities with the ultimate goal of overcoming these limits. This is achieved through both theoretical and experimental methods. The nature of movement variability within sport and exercise has been received considerable attention in recent years and Cassie’s research uses innovative methods of analyses to investigate the role of this variability from both a performance and injury perspective. Cassie is also currently involved in a number of research projects relating movement patterns to injury predictors in different populations including the military and older age recreational runners.
Research interests
- Optimisation of athletic based performance
- Analyses of movement coordination and its associated variability
- The application of biomechanical principles to training theory
- Injury predictors in different populations
Teaching
Undergraduate
- HL10038: Introduction to human biomechanics
- HL20050: Performance assessment
- HL20108: Applied sport biomechanics
- HL30110: Research Project
Postgraduate
- HL50140: Athlete biomechanics and sports analysis
- HL50077: Research Project Design
- HL50078: Research Project
Publications
Book/s
Williams, C. A.,, James, D. V. B. and Wilson, C., 2008. Mathematics and Science for Exercise and Sport: The Basics. Oxford: Routledge.
Articles
Preatoni, E., Hamill, J., Harrison, A. J., Hayes, K., Van Emmerik, R. E. A., Stokes, C. W. and Rodano, R., 2013. Movement variability and skills monitoring in sports. Sports Biomechanics, 12 (2), pp. 69-92.
Sides, D. and Wilson, C., 2012. Intra-limb coordinative adaptations in cycling. Sports Biomechanics, 11 (1), pp. 1-9.
Wilson, C., King, M. A. and Yeadon, M. R., 2011. The effects of initial conditions and takeoff technique on running jumps for height and distance. Journal of Biomechanics, 44 (12), pp. 2207-2212.
Franklyn-Miller, A., Wilson, C., Bilzon, J. L. J. and McCrory, P., 2011. Foot orthoses in the prevention of injury in initial military training: a randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 39 (1), pp. 30-37.
Gittoes, M. J. R. and Wilson, C., 2010. Intralimb joint coordination patterns of the lower extremity in maximal velocity phase sprint running. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 26 (2), pp. 188-195.
Gittoes, M. J. R., Bezodis, I. N. and Wilson, C., 2009. An image-based approach to obtaining anthropometric measurements for inertia modeling. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 25 (3), pp. 265-270.
Jones, C. and Wilson, C., 2009. Defining advantage and athletic performance: The case of Oscar Pistorius. European Journal of Sport Science, 9 (2), pp. 125-131.
Wilson, C., Simpson, S. and Hamill, J., 2009. Movement coordination patterns in triple jump training drills. Journal of Sports Sciences, 27 (3), pp. 277-282.
Trewartha, G., Casanova, R. and Wilson, C., 2008. A kinematic analysis of rugby lineout throwing. Journal of Sports Sciences, 26 (8), pp. 845-854.
Wilson, C., Simpson, S., Van Emmerik, R. and Hamill, J., 2008. Coordination variability and skill development in expert triple jumpers. Sports Biomechanics, 7 (1), pp. 2-9.
Bezodis, N., Trewartha, G., Wilson, C. and Irwin, G., 2007. Contributions of the non-kicking-side arm to rugby place-kicking technique. Sports Biomechanics, 6 (2), pp. 171-186.
Wilson, C., Yeadon, M. and King, M., 2007. Considerations that affect optimised simulation in a running jump for height. Journal of Biomechanics, 40 (14), pp. 3155-3161.
Wilson, C., King, M. A. and Yeadon, M. R., 2006. Evaluation of a torque-driven model of jumping for height. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 22 (4), pp. 264-274.
Wilson, C., King, M. A. and Yeadon, M. R., 2006. Determination of subject-specific model parameters for visco-elastic elements. 5th World Congress of Biomechanics Munich, Germany, 29 July - 4 August 2006, 39 (10), pp. 1883-1890.
Wilson, C., Yeadon, M. R. and King, M. A., 2005. The effect of anatomical constraints on optimum performance in a running jump for height. Journal of Sports Sciences, 23 (11-12), pp. 1164-1165.
Yeadon, M., King, M. and Wilson, C., 2005. Modelling the maximum voluntary joint torque/angular velocity relationship in human movement. 5th World Congress of Biomechanics Munich, Germany, 29 July - 4 August 2006, 39 (3), pp. 476-482.
King, M. A., Wilson, C. and Yeadon, M. R., 2003. Determination of knee joint movements during running jumps using a constrained forward dynamics simulation model. International Journal of Computer Science in Sport, 2 (2), p. 116.
Wilson, C., Yeadon, M. R. and King, M. A., 2003. Determining subject-specific parameter values using an angle-driven simulation model. International Journal of Computer Science in Sport, 2 (1), p. 140.
Yeadon, M. R., Wilson, C. and King, M. A., 2003. Modelling differential activation of knee joint extensors. International Journal of Computer Science in Sport, 2 (2), pp. 102-103.
